Word of the Day:
printer
What It Means
One who makes prints.
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
Printer in Context
“Old Japanese colour-prints are printed on a sheet of mulberry-bark paper, and are the product of three different craftsmen: the artist who drew the original design, the block-maker or engraver who transferred the design to the wood, and the printer.”
Did You Know?
From print + -er.
Source and license
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